Wagyu
Cattle breeds part 5
Sussex Sussex cattle are one of the oldest and purest English breeds and are popular in Southern Africa's beef industry. The breed descended from horned red cows once found in Sussex and Kent in southern England. These cattle were draft animals for years before ultimately being slaughtered for beef[...]
Wagyu … the King of Beef! Meet its queen
Deja Nienaber started her career as a registered business psychologist, who exchanged her corporate hat for a farming one, focusing on building the Wagyu value chain. King Wagyu Stud Breeders As the owner of King Wagyu, Deja is involved in breeding stud animals and producing commercial Wagyu for the[...]
Niche cattle breed Wagyu under the hammer first time in South Africa
A catalogue auction in Pretoria is hoping to entice Namibian redmeat producers to invest in the relatively unknown but highly profitable Wagyu breed of cattle. This week, the auction organisers said this will be the first South African production auction ever for the elusive Wagyu and that a massive[...]
Die landboubedryf verloor ‘n steunpilaar
Die landbou- en veral die veebedryf het die naweek ‘n groot verlies gely met die skielike afsterwe van Johan Malan (60), rasbestuurder van die Santa Gertrudis, Limousin en Wagyu Beestelersgenoorskappe. Hy is Saterdag in ‘n motorfietsongeluk oorlede. Hy was nie net ‘n leier nie, maar ook ‘n vriend, pa[...]